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COVER/Roger Bybee p. 1
From promised land to graveyard
EDITORIAL p. 2
Netroots survivor; McCain’s bellicose rhetoric
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Structurally deficient bridges, pols; Stop clowning around with economy; Bush’s gift to chem bosses; UBS: a bank that robs us; Bush’s empty promises to vets; Bush does Big Easy, again
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Food security needs local markets
DISPATCHES p. 5
US exports fuel at record levels; Mission accomplished for bin Laden; Teamsters go green; Drilling switch greases contributions; Bipartisan adultery; McCain no stranger to low road; Gaps in anthrax case; Senate welcomes indicted Stevens ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
A nation of whiners? Perhaps
STAN COX p. 6
Let’s handcuff the property cops
COURTNEY WHITE p. 6
Believe it or not: Ranching teaches us
GENE LYONS p. 7
Rustling up bovine love
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Go West, young man, in 2008
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Law ignored as lenders prey on elderly
GREG PALAST p. 9
McCain plan: Homer without the donut
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 9
More nuclear things change, more they don’t
DEAN BAKER p. 9
The compromise ‘drill anywhere’ plan
THOMAS FRANK p. 10
Con greed, corruption destroyed US politics
WALTER SHAPIRO p. 11
I’m so bored with O-B-A-M-A
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Obama needs to put Kevin Costner on his iPod
CAROLYN PATMON p. 11
Joining the corporate bailout receiving line
LOUIS BAYARD p. 12
Forging the missing case for Iraq war
JOE CONASON p. 12
Evidence backs White House forgery charge
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 13
Audacity of contempt
JOHN BUELL p. 13
2004 all over again?
BILL SCHER p. 14
Proof we can go green. Now
ANDREW LEONARD p. 14
Why Exxon needs more offshore drilling
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Ignoring, repealing wise laws got us trouble
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Understanding Knoxville
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Awaiting the right time
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Move forward from Bush mess
HOLLY SKLAR p. 15
Minimum wage raise too little, too late
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bubble, bubble, oil and trouble
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Energy crises
MARK WEISBROT p. 16
Anti-war movement pushes back Iran conflict
MARK ENGLER p. 17
Obama should stay tough on trade
JOHN NICHOLS p. 17
Trade talks collapse a win for Main Street
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Psychological war against migrants
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
‘Enquirer’ scoops media snobs
KATIE HALPER p. 18
Al Gore proves global warming by sweating
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
The scourge of the IMF
TED RALL p. 19
It’s the torture, stupid
F.E. JAMES & M.D. LIPSCOMB p. 20
Economics where people matter
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Killing zone beyond ‘The Wire’
POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson p. 21
‘Weeds’ chases shark
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Spying on a sportswriter
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
‘It’s a global election’
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
An amazing country
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Readers have trouble with reality
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Wall Street
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